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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Varanasi

Parliamentary constituency 52 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh

State boardUttar Pradesh 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#52 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants13
Electors13,88,212
Votes polled6,45,044
Turnout46.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerShankar Prasad JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party2,77,23243.0% of votes
MARGIN1,51,946 votes · 23.6 pp2,77,232 − 1,25,286
Runner-upDeena Nath Singh Yadav Communist Party of India (Marxist)1,25,28619.4% of votes
BJP 68.9% of top-two votesCPI(M) 31.1%

All candidates 13

  1. 01 Shankar Prasad JaiswalBJP2,77,232 43.0%
  2. 02 Deena Nath Singh YadavCPI(M)1,25,286 19.4%
  3. 03 Dr. Awdhesh SinghBSP1,01,024 15.7%
  4. 04 Rajdev PatelAD65,529 10.2%
  5. 05 Dr. Ratnakar PandeyINC64,154 10.0%
  6. 06 Aslam AnsariIND3,672 0.6%
  7. 07 MunnaIND1,942 0.3%
  8. 08 Dr. Moin Ahamad AnsariIND1,673 0.3%
  9. 09 Panna Lal SonkarIND1,134 0.2%
  10. 10 Shambhu NathIND974 0.2%
  11. 11 Raj Kumar SharmaIND971 0.2%
  12. 12 Rana Shah JayasawalIND832 0.1%
  13. 13 Gopal Krishna Mishra (Raju Mishra)IND621 0.1%

Turnout 46.5%

025507510046.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 54.5%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 85 seats, 199854.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 13 candidates = 6,45,044Verified

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    6.2 pp
    Ujjwal Raman SinghIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    20.7 pp
    Rita Bahuguna JoshiBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    7.0 pp
    Shyama Charan GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2009
    6.3 pp
    Raman SinghSamajwadi Party
  5. 2004
    4.3 pp
    Raman SinghSamajwadi Party
  6. 1999
    8.5 pp
    Shankar Prasad JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    23.6 pp
    Shankar Prasad JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    17.9 pp
    Shankar Prasad JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1991
    8.9 pp
    Sheesh Chandra DixitBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1989
    39.9 pp
    Anil ShastriJanata Dal
  11. 1984
    25.7 pp
    Shyam Lal YadavaIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    7.1 pp
    KamalapatiIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    48.8 pp
    Chandra ShekherBharatiya Lok Dal
  14. 1971
    29.1 pp
    Raja Ram ShastriIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    6.5 pp
    S. N. SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  16. 1962
    17.5 pp
    Raghunath SinghIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 48.8 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 62.4% of votes; the other 11 candidates 37.6% between them.

    (2,77,232 + 1,25,286) ÷ 6,45,044 = 62.4% · 2,42,526 ÷ 6,45,044 = 37.6%

  2. Turnout of 46.5% was 8.0 pp below the state's median seat (54.5%).

    46.5 − 54.5 = −8.0

  3. The margin widened from 17.9 pp in 1996 to 23.6 pp.

    23.6 − 17.9 = +5.7 pp

  4. Shankar Prasad Jaiswal also won in 1996.

    1996 winner name = 1998 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 13 candidate lines6,45,044
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,45,044
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Uttar Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates13 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 85 seats on the Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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